Monday, September 19, 2011

Sister Leads the Way!

I work as a Registered Nurse at Banner Good Samaritan in Phoenix. I work on the Progressive Care Unite; specializing in Congestive Heart Failure patients. This past week, I was the first nurse to perform Heart Failure Ultrafiltration Therapy at Good Sam. This therapy filters a patient's blood, pulls out excess water and salt and returns the blood to the patient if they are admitted with fluid overload in their lungs and heart. This is a brand-new therapy to the hospital and is usually performed only in the ICU!

-Michelle Dayton